October 23, 2024

Windows Weekly 904: Not Sexy, but Important

2 hours 19 minutes

In case you missed it

You didn't. But Qualcomm canceled that Snapdragon Dev Box, will refund customers

Qualcomm picked the wrong company for this

Also, there are plenty of Copilot+ PCs and does it make more sense to develop against the type of PC your customers will use?

Windows 11

23H2 gets a preview update, as expected

Copilot key customization, Gamepad for virtual keyboard, notification suggestions, etc.

Qualcomm and Microsoft solve Paul's only hardware issue with Arm, more

Qualcomm brings Oryon cores to the phone, comes out firing against Intel, and is sued by Arm

Dev channel: That Gamepad virtual kb thing

Canary: That Copilot key customization thing

Photos app gets Super Resolution feature - Microsoft says in preview, but Paul sees it in stable

Microsoft Store is getting "immersive trailers" because ADHD

Microsoft 365, AI, more

Report details mounting tensions between Microsoft and OpenAI. Worst partnership ever?

Several months after releasing Mac and iPhone ChatGPT apps, OpenAI delivers a comicly-named "early version" of it for Windows. Thanks guys, don't hurt yourselves.

Microsoft announces first AI agents for commercial space, DIY in AI Studio

AI in phases? Copilot is phase one, this thing that works beside you (app, essentially)

Agents is phase two, this thing that works on your behalf away from you (service, essentially)

Copilot comes to OneNote for Mac, iPad in beta

Two years behind in AI, Apple has figured out the right quips and marketing messages

As expected, Google gets a stay of execution (pardon the pun) in Epic case (also, pardon the pun)

WTF is happening with smartphones? Did Apple and Google look at the 2024 Windows 11 Mess and say, we want us some of that?

Apple Intelligence to roll out over at least four major iOS 18 updates and then forever

Google rushes Android 15 dev to meet new August deadline for Pixel 9 series, whiffs it, and then delivers it 2 months late ... But at least it's jam-packed with AI

Xbox

Age of Empires goes mobile

In the wake of Xbox/Halo adopting Unreal Engine, Unity ships Unity 6 Engine

Netflix shuts down AAA game studio - I could've saved you guys a lot of money

New Xbox Wireless Headset more battery, better Bluetooth, new voice isolation

Tips & Picks

Tip of the week: Scott and Mark, sitting in a tree...

App pick of the week: Affinity Photos 2.6 Beta

RunAs Radio this week: Securing Data using Azure Virtual Desktop with Jim Duffy

Brown liquor pick of the week: Glenmorangie Nectar D'Or

Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell

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